Sun goes up and Moon goes down;

Stars go west, and waters go east.

Rocks stand still as wind strokes them;

Grass holds tight as rains lave it.

As schools of redfish climb the River, fishers go from hills to catch it;

As herds of animals migrate south, packs of predators follow to hunt them.

The loop of life goes on irresistibly;

The loop of death goes hindwards, ineluctable.

One Hero goes against the flow, stubbornly;

One and only one can reach the Edge eventually.

Not a human was the one who set the motion,

But a human will be the one who sets it in reverse.

Keep calm, however, Going One;

Your tracks are set, your motion is determined.

Upstream is death – it is the way of Heroes;

Downstream is your way, the way of life.

For everything alive goes there – and you go with it

Until you meet right there, in the middle,

Where the two loops meet;

Right where Sun and Moon meet;

Right where stars and waters meet;

Right where the fishers and the hunters meet;

Right where life and death meet.

Right there you will meet with the Hero and sing with him

A song of Victory.

Go on, then, Going One. Go on!

And we'll go with you.

Translated by Eren Ezhen Savier from Ma, generation 23.